3D printing

IT LOOKS like any other 3D printer – except it is the size of a crane and is, layer by layer, building a hotel in the Texan desert.

As with any desktop 3D printer, the Vulcan printer pipes layer by layer to build an object – except this printer is more than 13.7 m wide, weighs 4.75 tonnes and prints residential homes.

NIKON is fielding interest from defence and aerospace companies in the United States for its metal 3D printers, according to the Japanese precision equipment maker’s president.

3D METAL-PRINTING startup Seurat Technologies on Monday (Oct 30) hinted at potentially going public in the medium term, and said it had raised US$99 million in a funding round co-led by chip designer ...

APPLE is testing the use of 3D printers to produce the steel chassis used by some of its upcoming smartwatches, according to people with knowledge of the matter, heralding a major change to how the co...

STRATASYS, a maker of industrial 3D printers, said on Thursday (May 25) it would merge with peer Desktop Metal in an all-stock transaction valued at about US$1.8 billion.

CHINA will explore using 3D printing technology to construct buildings on the Moon, the official China Daily reported on Monday (Apr 24), as Beijing solidifies plans for long-term lunar habitation.

THE world’s first 3D printed rocket is scheduled to blast off from Florida on Saturday (Mar 11) on the maiden flight of an innovative spacecraft billed as being less costly to produce and fly.

Local 3D-printing company Creatz3D’s collaborations range from aerospace to healthcare